Let it Burn or Cut it Down
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"Fires add nutrients into the soil and allows for a renewal." Well said.
Certain types need the fire to open their pine cones to reseed
Too many so called nature lovers haven't got a clue of how things actually work. It's all about the 5 second clip and jump on the band wagon. Get out of your box and experience the real world before you start dictating how things should be. Thanks Sean for taking us there and the first hand knowledge.
You are so right on point. I am living in a forest that has been neglected. As a result, the State has decided our forest is dead because it hasn’t been maintained . Years ago it was recommended that we take down some of the older trees to allow new growth. It was voted down. We are now dealing with old trees falling on our camps. Thanks for your very important info. ❤
Well Shawn, we now know how those fires affect a lot of us in the U.S. We are experiencing a lovely light show over the past few days, but the intense smoke over MN. And Iowa is hard on the lungs and our eyes.
I was just looking at what my youtube is suggesting i watch this Saturday morning. And ALL of it, --- people suffering from rare diseases, amazon screwing people over, politcs ---- were making me anxious. Coud just feel myself getting stressed. And then I saw you Shawn, and breathed a sigh of relief. THANK YOU!
Whenever you get "recommendations" like that, click the 3 dots to the right of the video and click "do not recommend channel".
Unfortunately when people hear of logging they automatically think of irresponsible logging and not managed logging. For the longest time I thought that cutting down a tree was bad in almost all scenarios. Your videos and others have taught me that there can be a benefit to it when done responsibly.
Thank you for being patient and explaining things without blowing up like many would’ve done in your position. All of the repeated comments hating on the fact that you are cutting down some trees in your property must get old pretty fast, so I really appreciate your patience and willingness to explain your actions it definitely does not go unnoticed. It really does make a difference and helps educate others who would’ve otherwise never bothered to hear you out if you had reacted anger. Fighting the good fight 👍🏻 thank you!
Extolling the virtues of managed logging does not negate the fact that clear cutting takes place. A lot. Do you have any idea how much of the totality of logging is clear cut vs managed?
@@bunny_smith I understand that and I agree with you that unfortunately there is still a lot of clear cutting being done. But I think people should try to keep an open mind and not always jump to conclusions. Like I mentioned in my comment I used to automatically think that people were hurting the environment if I saw anyone cutting down a tree, but have since learned that there is a benefit to it if done responsibly. We don’t always have to be on the defensive, we should try to understand first and judge/comment after.
I used to cringe and complain when I saw cut blocks then I went for a walk through one two years after it was logged. I was as amazed at how much new plant life there was and how diverse it was.
Our forest burnt down over a 100 years ago. Completely grown back but has been logged twice and slash left everywhere! We clean it as much as we can but will never have it done in my lifetime! We bought the property 7 years ago and once we do clean an area that the loggers left behind 100’s of new trees come up! 🌲
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The canoe ..point of view ..is a wonderful perspective...and thanks so much for sharing that wisdom.
I grew up as the son of a log truck driver here in Montana, and I've seen more and more the consequences of a heavy logging slowdown- every year the fires burn again and again through hundreds or thousands of acres.
The wildlife are also getting pushed out of the dense forest, where deadfall and undergrowth have completely blocked certain sections of the woods. Those would normally have been cleared by fires burning through, but they haven't. And now, they're tinderboxes just waiting to catch a massive wildfire, while all the wildlife are pushed out of the over-dense forests that we've made by a lack of logging, and by preventing forest fires.
Every mushroom picker knows that after a fire these become the best places to go harvesting. Wild blueberries flourish in logging cuts. Natives use to set the forest and grasslands on fire because of the benefits.
You do a great job explaining the natural process and the actual benefits fire brings. Wish schools would teach kids this instead of the BS they teach em now....
Spot on
@@zekemedia1310 the man is evil Bambi and Smokey the Bear propaganda has left unhealthy forests in the US and Canada.
I am a teacher and live in a super Red southern state. The state’s Dept of Education has step by step requirements of what we teach in the classroom. This state is run by Republicans not left wingers so make sure you’re pointing your blaming index finger in the right direction.
@@jet4415You made up a partisan scenario in your own head Ms. Teacher. No one said anything about left or right wing. You made his point perfectly.
@@jet4415And the department of education should be abolished. Good day.
I don’t remember where I read it, but some pine trees require fire temperatures for their seeds to disperse.
Jack pines in particular need heat to melt open their seed cones.
The lodgepole pine here in BC also require fire to open their cones. Scientists refer to those cones as being semi serotinous.
So do sugar pines in the siera nevada
Yep
Ponderous as well
Every year here in California, we have wildfires. It takes a few years after a fire comes through for the forest and the brush to come back heartier and more lush than it was before. Back in 2018, we had two major fires rip through my area. We were completely surrounded by fire. Now in 2024, the burn area is lush, and the tree’s that did burn and survived, are more heartier. And for the areas where the fires burned tree’s completely to the ground, the saplings and seeds, are growing to beautiful trees. So, where the fire is destructive and the smoke thick, the overall ending is it truly helped the forests and brush.
fire helped and threw hundred and hundred thousends pounds CO2 into the environment
As it has for thousands and thousands of years.
@@timkeagy4094 it was for thousands and thousands of years When the climate was stable-nowdays fire is very very dandreous phenomenon and forest can die completely
Thousands and thousands years ago homo erectus or maybe other homo species invented making fire. This was a game changer for the climat.
@bobmeegdes5578 I can only assume you're being sarcastic.
As a child growing up in Iroquois Falls Northern Ontario I thought Algonquin Park was just a rock pile covered in White Pine stumps. my grand parents stories of the White Pine cutting and rafting down the Ottawa were what I grew up on . Many of the old families in Iroquois Falls moved North to work in the bush for Abitibi Paper Company after the Pine ran out in the Ottawa valley. it's interesting that an industry that predates not just Algonquin Park but the Dominion of Canada is active in the area. The big challenge for the Park is that of the huge mass of humanity just south in the GTA and being loved to death by campers.
Agreed on the pressure on Algonquin from the gta. BTW, my aunt was from Iroquois Falls
Don't object to responsible logging in parks but object when the funds aren't used for the park and the onus for park funding is put back on the patrons.
Some people just don’t understand the concept of being responsible for taking care of the earth 🌍 and keeping everything healthy and productive just keep on keeping on ❤😊
Only problem with logging is removal of biomass which has a slow but compounding drought inducing effect. Prescribed burns are probably more rejuvenating but houses need to be built! We already have fires that dont go out in winter in the drought stricken west. Ontarios overdue for a big one
Nice educational video. Just think young people are growing up and they dont know what a forrest is..nor do they understand how nature works...thats why your videos are so great.
The title of this video reminds me of what John the Baptist said, "The axe is already at the root of the tree, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire".
In what context was it said?
@@Firetiger93 context...Matthew 3:7-12 (KJV) 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 1
@@leevalley6851 Nifty. Thanks
And the productive/utilitarian use of the timber (as opposed to being burned) seems like something worth valuing. Also avoids (at least initially) the hydrocarbon release from burning due to wildfire.
God blessed Shawn James with a sound mind and common sense kind of rare now a days
Last year, the fires of Canada actually came down to my home in New Jersey. It was awful so, I agree, logging should happen.
A true Canadian camping experience....wet and overcast. Somehow...the best memories.
SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Oh I hear you !!! I just came from Northern Wisconsin it was hazy with smoke as you drove along the way !!! Some points it was hard to see just a mile or 2 ahead of driving !!! But I know it is for the good of the land !!!
I grew up with about 200 chickens in northern New England and the chicken house had wooden floors and breathed thru the eves. Sawdust and shavings were used on the floor and they all room to roost. Never tried to raise them on cement floor. Good luck with that.
Could not agree more with your thought process.
Nature has been doing things long before we arrived on the scene. Maybe we should follow her lead as you have adopted so well.
Thanks for posting your thoughts.
so excited for the new things that are planned for the cabin. Always fun watching your videos with family.
Thanks for the video man 👍
merci JAMES
It's a lot easier to manage logging than a wildfire. Here on the mountain bedrock is near the surface and as a result when the trees mature they too tall for the soil to support them and they fall, so rather than lose the trees we log.
Thank you Shawn.
Thanks for the update 👍🇬🇧
Well said. Thanks for the video as always
Lindo Shawn James, tenha um ótimo e abençoado final de semana.🙏😘🤗🙋l
So appreciate you. .........
Thanks for the episode. :)
Even owning a small part of a forest on a lake, I see the value of the beaver taking down some trees and me cutting down individual trees as they become too large. Keeping most of the forest floor natural.
Preserving natural areas by lakes and rivers within developed spaces serves all life. And keeps us alive.
Canada's environment is deteriorating every day - the number of roads, businesses, plastic, and garbage is growing more and more
Here in BC, 1st. Nations used to burn areas selectively for hundreds of years. A very early form of habitat management
I learned something. Thanks Shawn!
what have you khown?
Makes perfect sense.
Appreciate you Shawn! Learn so so much from you! God bless you and your family! Keep close to Our heavenly Father!! He is Our Best Friend!!!!🧚🏼♂️🧚🏼♂️🧚🏼♂️❤️
thank you for sharing love nature we have a camp in N. B and love to go there when i can love tranquility GOD BLESS YOU AND FAMILY 👍👍👍
I love your videos, imparting information. This one is v.good and interesting. Should ne more people like you in the world
I envy you to be in that so beautifull nature earing the bord without the noises of cars and so many others ! I mis that so much 😢
Take care and catch a nice fish for me please 😊
Québec city Canada 😘
This channel is always educational
I’ve worked and played in the forests of BC for 35 years. I really enjoyed video. Cheers!
Good forestry education video.
You are totally correct. Plus is also lower fire load where it can be burned with kind of control.
Amen!
Good video Sean, hopefully ot opens a few eyes.
Very informative post.
A good example of regeneration by fire was back in the 1980's (don't remember the exact year), Yellowstone National Park caught fire by a lightning strike in the spring. Millions of $$$ were spent daily fighting the fires to no avail. One quarter inch of snowfall in September extinguished it. Started naturally. Extinguished naturally. The park came back beautifully with new growth. Hundreds of thousands of humans thought the park didn't survive. They were wrong.
Very educational,👍
everybody get your rakes out! wow i'm just so impressed by the level of maintenance that goes into back country raking
Bom dia ótimo final de semana pra vc que lugar lindo. Parabéns
To me it really makes sense why you are managing the forest around your cabin by taking out deadwood and clearing underbrush for a added security to fires ! Great subject Shawn Have a great weekend and Calli too ! 🐕 🌲 🌳 🍁
I agree totally with the necessity of forest fires, and timber harvest for regeneration. I don't like the monoculture replanting I would like to see replanting with some sort of biodiversity in mind. I have flown of large tracts of logged areas in the Algoma region with all the same trees, all the same size. Not so good for wildlife in general. Great Videos Shawn. Always interesting.
Great informational video. I actually came for the comments and, they didn’t disappoint. The boreal forest is certainly a fire driven ecosystem that depends on periodic fires to renew. I wouldn’t really consider Algonquin as boreal but your explanation regarding fire following the conifer is spot on.
Good setting to explain your point of view and well explained
Awful….forests need to be swept to keep it healthy and as disease free as possible. I remember conversations about that, and how some friends teased me (mocked) me I was nuts….nuts to say Sweeping…..everything alive needs care, everything. As a child, my family camped in Algonquin many years and we’d see Rangers and fired fighters cleaning up the forests. They would hold Fireside Chats and teach us all how to respect and care for our forests. So important…..
The forests don't need to be "swept" . The fires, diseases, severe weather etc is all part of nature. It's only a problem for people who want to live in or near the forest.
There is definitely forests you don’t want to log, old growth rainforests like the Amazon comes to mind but for forests like these, you really need to log. Not clear fell, necessarily ( leave some good standing ones that have hollows maybe)? But yes forest management has logging in it definitely, especially conifer forests
Fire breaks are an important part of forest and environmental management.
I live east of the Mississippi, where there are a ton of trees everywhere, plenty of water, and nature actually takes over very quickly if you are not actively managing the land. If we ignored our small lot of land, which is surrounded by over 300 acres of woods, our house would be covered by vines, weeds, and eventually trees within a short amount of time.
The fuel that fuels fires is on the ground not in the trees very good info can be learned from prescribed burning small parcels
I used to love to canoe with my bestie……. We found wild grapes and processed them. One of my best memories!
Good information. Cali is one wet sleepy pup!
Agreed Shawn, But further, the leave it alone crowd would have everyone leave 1000 mile buffer zones.... they'll never be pleased.
Boa noite aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I live in Sweden now but 1975 !! I was lucky to have 5 weeks vacation in Canada and we spend some nights in Alqonkin park...It is huge...great wildlife...wolves howling during the night...it was scary
canada is rubbish,poisoned lands and show.that's all...
In the Colorado rockies, when the trees get old they become weak and tend to die from disease or pests.
I’m liking ur videos I wish I could do something like this with my channel but I have a full time job
my brother has spent decades dealing with fire mitigation around his home in they Wyoming mountains...you have to attend to your forests
Human beings have a tendency to view nature, or bucolic surroundings, particularly plants and trees as static and unchanging, whereas the reality is that there is a continual tension between various forces regarding what is essentially survival. The forest fires create regeneration for the areas burnt but because we as humans view this as unappealing and hurting the plants we don't want it. Neither do we accept management, because again a clearcut area is essentially devastation viewed on a superficial level. The reality is that the new open areas create a chance for new species to colonise. Life will, er, find a way.
People don't understand that you need a balance in mother nature
I really understand and support your lifestyle approach, management and responsible utilization of your natural resources Shawn.
My concern/question is, how vulnerable are you and your infrastructure in case of a forest fire and can you at least escape, with Calli, safely?
Kind regards.
I can remember a fire going through our property back in the early 80's, but when digging there are traces of a few more since 1940 and more before that. Why about the time the steam engines stopped running on the tracks below. Now for the age of the trees, this property has been logged the same way since the 1920's over 3 owners. Once every 8-10 years with a certain size at chest level. All that gets burned is the underbrush. Then salt springs state park has areas that have never been logged by Europeans.
I am hoping the citizens of my province begin to understand this. British Columbia has not figured out a lot of this.
How's my favorite guy doing, hey Cali? Miss ya Cali...you too Shawn, lol lol, been watching both channels since day #1....just not commenting as the old days...always thumbs up...some reason YT added numbers to the end of my name bliss bliss.....WEIRD
Having grown up around forest, I always wondered about the question you pose Shawn. Apparently, there has been much research of forests in various parts of the world that now has accepted that fires follow logging, due to a lack of understory development, and far less diversity of species when forests are managed by humans, leading to drier conditions on the forest floor. That's not to say lightning strikes, and careless human activity can't result in either type of forest fire, but it makes sense that moisture in the ground and the transpiration of a more diverse range- both in age and species of plants in a natural stand of trees, shrubs and ground covers is far more abundant than in reforested areas, thereby reducing the chance of fire. It is also accepted that biodiversity of all species is higher in untouched forests.
I think a lack of biodiversity is due to overcrowding in replanting efforts in past years, and monoculturing favoured trees rather than just letting the naturally dispersed seeds sprout as they may. A combination of fighting needless fires and poor replanting has resulted in vast expanses of beetle-killed dead forest and resulted in much vaster megafires which now fuel the global alarmists.
Indeed.@@Vilnoori
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Where I have my cabin, was once the largest single deforestation area in Europe (cut at the same time), about 150km (almost 100 miles) long and about 20km (12 miles) wide. This was done in the 60-70' or there about, now the forest is starting to be viable for cutting again. I am not against deforestation, and we aren't doing it that big any more, more small areas with years in between, much better. And since its production forest, its not really very high quality in terms of bio diversity. My issue is that they haven't taken care of it since last cut, like its overgrown, and now with the climate change, I can see foresee a huge fire devastating the area within years.
Saludos apreciado amigo Shawn. Estos vídeos no los veo por no haber traducción en español. Mil disculpas
In my land they stopped letting the Wiradjuri do their burn off's and now this land is in a real mess, and out of balance. 😢
Does anyone know the old age of boreal tree species? I wonder if we are missing out on that aspect of a boreal forest ecosystem when we clear cut the area regularly. We lost the ivory-billed woodpecker because we did not allow some old trees to live out their life in a natural way. Fires would occasionally spare the largest of trees and they might live on to contribute to the ecosystem. How much they contribute is what I'm curious about. Maybe there are responsible logging operations that save a few old trees if it's necessary to do so. I don't know.
Thanks for the perspective on forest management. Makes sense. I have one question. At the end of the video you said that Canada was doing a pretty good job of it. Here in the US, a good part of our summer air was impacted by Canada fires, at least here on the east coast. Is that good management?
That’s perfectly normal. Imagine if there wasn’t fire suppression, the fires would be much bigger. Look at an ecozone map of the north - the boreal forest, which is a fire driven ecosystem, is massive.
@@ShawnJames1 Thanks Shawn. Just thinking that the management isn’t “pretty good”. In my almost 70 years, I can’t remember such smoked filled skies. Maybe more cutting/logging needs to occur to minimize the size of fires. Fire is good for sure, but the impact of gigantic, uncontrolled fires seems like a negative.
I will say officials do a very poor job in the west. I lived in BC for 20 years before moving back to Manitoba a few years ago. BC, especially the northern parts, have little to no controlled burns or management. You can see the dried brush and dead trees as you drive the highway, which is fodder for the massive forest fires. Here in Manitoba, the controlled burns from my youth no longer happen. Every section had park rangers but they were eliminated years ago and no forest or land management is evident in the rural section of Manitoba where I live.
Borealization occurs as a result of clearcutting. We need relanting efforts to favour hardwood and other deciduous trees
Hardwoods don’t grow in the north and/or in boggy, dry, shallow or acidic soils
@ShawnJames1 not even maple? That is too bad. Having a dark canopy of conifers retains more heat. I am on Cape Breton Island, and hundreds of years for cutting has totally changed the forest cover to conifers. There are a few areas that display the original forest that was mixed deciduous. Having mostly Balsam Fir and Spruce, the forest is at risk from Spruce Bud worm. We are going into a high cycle that will kill off many trees. I am looking to remove and use many of them and replace them with various hard woods. It is too bad you don't have that option. Perhaps there are other options for you there. Willows can be quite useful for crafty people. Larch does well in high water conditions, sheds needles in winter(reducing the heat factor for the winter), and it is good building wood for where wet conditions are expected.
I imagine you have a plan for the forest there that fits. We will both be old/er men looking at our mindful hard work. Nice seeing you out on the water in Algonquin. Some of my most favourite memories are spending the early morning in a canoe, fishing on a misty lake, with the calls of red winged blackbirds and loons. Enjoy the little things!
Wanting to protect nature is good. Trying to protect it without understanding how it actually works is not good.
A tree museum does no one any good. I would say let loggers cut fire breaks. It allows diversity. With less forest fires, it means bigger fires when they do happen. My property was logged 100 years ago. The wetlands still have old growth. The DNR here do controlled burns. And is great blueberry habitat after.
Fire is best
I live in MW Montana in the Glacier Park area. Logging is good if it manages to keep people happy. The industry likes to take the most productive way, which is ugly, This is kind of the broad picture from many years ago. Now, 60 years later, the fire danger is terrible, and they close the woods to people, which is frustrating and hard on business. The logging industry and mill head is cut nothing. On goes the saga and fighting. No matter what you do today, someone is mad. Good business practices would go a long way.
Shawn, I would really appreciate it if you would put the subtitles in Portuguese.
Greetings from Amazon Brazil 🇧🇷
I get what Shawn is saying but it's not quite that simple. Logging an area doesnt mean it's not going to catch on fire. They clear cut and leave behind waste which then sits out in this barren dry wasteland and becomes like tinder and if anything is more likely to catch on fire and will still spread. Atleast when its an actual forest that burns there's significant nutrients than enrich the soil for future growth. Logging just strips the majority of the good off of the land but can still result in fires. Not to mention the roads they cut into the logging slashes gives access to humans to start those fires. I live on Vancouver Island where we probably log more than anywhere in the country and trust me, a LOT of the fires started by humans originate in logging slashes. I am not against logging (responsibly anyway), but this perception that it's somehow actually good for forests is not true. Controlled burning and forest management is a different story, but the current way we practice logging is very detrimental to our forests, and that's not even considering things like soil erosion and complete lack of bio-diversity in new-growth tree farms.
CALI
when i clicked on the video, based on the titled, i thought this was going to be a life lesson about somethings and even some people in your life you need to let go, and sometimes its going to be real painful and you just have to do it. i guess, if you have an active and intelligent mind, it still is a video about that.
If they replant like they major do then logging is good. 👍👍
Other natural cycles involve the warming and cooling of the earth through orbital, rotational and solar cycles. We've been coming out of the "Little Ice Age" for the past 300 years which was a cooling trend within a larger warming trend coinciding with the retreat of the glaciers in the northern hemisphere starting about 20,000 years ago. The additional warmth causes the release of CO2 from the oceans which in turn causes enhanced plant growth and the shrinking of deserts which we see today. In 2030 the sun is expected to transition to another "Grand Solar Minimum" as it did during the last "Little Ice Age" where less energy will be transferred to the earth and things will likely cool as a result.
I have a question totally unrelated? Where did you get that shirt? That is perfect for canoeing ?
Don't look now but northern B.C. is on fire again, according to Dutchsinse you tube channel.
こんにちは。ショーンさんとカリーちゃん。
森林保護は世界的に大切ですが ある程度の森林伐採は必要だと思います。土壌や他の木々の保護や成長に 欠かせない事だと思います。我が国でも林業の方々が定期的に伐採して環境保護などバランスを整える様にして居ます。
色々な考えがあり非難などもあるのは仕方ないですが 野生動物たちが住みやすい環境を作ってあげて下さいね。Google翻訳がキチンと翻訳してくれる事を願います。
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